- NASA just launched its Mars rover Perseverance, along with itsfirst interplanetary helicopter, perched atop an Atlas V5 rocket.
- But NASA wasn't alone….In the past two weeks, space agencies from China and the United Arab Emirates also launched missions to Mars.
- These spacecraft will travel over 400 million kilometers before all reaching their destination around February 2021.
- But in the past 13 years, only seven rockets sent missions to the red planet. So, why are so many attempts to reach Mars all happening right now?
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Why United States NASA, China, and UAE are all going to Mars at the same time
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